Who will be the last surviving World War I veteran?

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surviving_veterans_of_World_War_I

it would be crass, of course, to bet money on this

Poll Results

OptionVotes
Harry Patch 3
Claude Choules 2
Jack Babcock 2
Frank Buckles 2
Ned Hughes 1
Bill Stone 1
Jack Ross 0
Henry Allingham 0


arugula (unregistered), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 02:20 (sixteen years ago)

ILX keeping it classy

VISION QUEST TO KNOCK YOU UP (John Justen), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 03:23 (sixteen years ago)

I'm just working on ways to shorten the WWII list.

TEENAGE DIALECTICS (libcrypt), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 03:29 (sixteen years ago)

My mate bet me fifty bucks it'd be an aussie.

The odds are on my side. However he's travelling around the world at the moment, probably with this ulterior motive.

milling through the grinder, grinding through the mill (S-), Tuesday, 16 December 2008 03:43 (sixteen years ago)

The total number of participating personnel is estimated by the Encyclopedia Britannica at 65,038,810

That figure is absolutely fucking STAGGERING.

Trayce, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 05:27 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

System, Friday, 19 December 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

Weird that they're generally such anglo names...

paulhw, Friday, 19 December 2008 00:18 (sixteen years ago)

Babcocks represent motherfucker

There was even a brief period when I preferred Sally Forth. (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 19 December 2008 00:19 (sixteen years ago)

I've always liked Harry Patch. Don't think he'll be the last surviving one but I'm just going to vote for him cause he's cool.

what U cry 4 (jim), Friday, 19 December 2008 00:35 (sixteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

System, Saturday, 20 December 2008 00:01 (sixteen years ago)


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